Hey, Pop-Tart Lovers: This Strawberry Cobbler Is For You

Ever since I joined Delish last spring, I've wanted to do a recipe for a crisp or cobbler, mainly because I'm convinced it's the best type of dessert of all time. First, they're insanely easy to make. The method stays the same from recipe to recipe: You toss fruit in a little sugar and corn starch (this helps thicken the fruit) and then top the fruit layer with either an oat crumble topping (defining factor of a crisp) or a biscuit topping (cobbler) and bake until the top is golden and the fruit is bubbly and juicy and has thickened.

Jonathan Boulton

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I binge on crisps and cobblers as soon as strawberries come into season and all the way through fall with apples because they seem to always hit the spot. The flavors are similar to a pie but without all that fuss. When I have friends coming over to watch GOT, I know I can throw a crisp together in 15 minutes or so and then have the house smell amazing as it bakes in the oven, where the fruit's sweetness intensifies. And once you master the formula you like, you can ditch a recipe entirely and use any type of fruit you like as long as the measurement stays the same.

Jonathan Boulton

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This recipe is similar to a standard fruit cobbler aside from the vanilla glaze and sanding sugar, which helps give it that classic Pop-Tart look. The idea came about after our test kitchen assistant, Rian, had one bite of a strawberry crisp we made and was shocked by how much it tasted exactly like a strawberry Pop-Tart; we knew we couldn't resist going all in.

Jonathan Boulton

The beauty of a cobbler is that you want it to cool a bit when it comes out of the oven so the fruit can solidify, so this is perfect summer barbecue material.